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Amethyst from
Lenz Quarry, Hintersteinerhof, Rockenhausen, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Agate1 photo of Amethyst associated with Agate at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lenz Quarry, Hintersteinerhof, Rockenhausen, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:103098
Long-form Identifier:1:3:103098:3
GUID (UUID V4):e401f6b5-beae-4918-8e33-0422d7b2d455
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
4.0km (2.5 miles) Tivoli Quarry, Schweisweiler, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.1km (4.4 miles) Mannbühl Quarry (Giro Quarry), Dannenfels, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.5km (5.9 miles) Brunnenberg Quarry, Rothenkircherhof, Kirchheimbolanden, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
15.2km (9.5 miles) Daimbacher Hof, Mörsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
16.6km (10.3 miles) Teufelsrutsch, Nack, Alzey-Land, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17.7km (11.0 miles) Andesite quarry, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
21.7km (13.5 miles) Uffhofen, Alzey-Land, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
22.9km (14.2 miles) Potschberg Quarry, Jettenbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
24.8km (15.4 miles) Unnamed quarry, Glanbrücken, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
25.9km (16.1 miles) Basalt quarry, Bockenau, Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
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Report (issue)
sekundären Kupfermineralen. Am Stahlberg bei Rockenhausen wurde gediegen Si~ber als dünne Bleche oder...liegen auf Quarz aus dem Steinbruch Lenz, Hintersteiner Hof bei Rockenhausen und aus dem Steinbruch Giro bei...Calcit eingelagert. Auch im Steinbruch Lenz bei Rockenhausen wurde Kupferkies in kleinen Kristallen auf...Steinbruch Giro bei Bolanden, im Steinbruch Lenz bei Rockenhausen und in der Kreimbacher Prehnltkluft gemacht...stammen vornehmlich aus dem Steinbruch Lenz bei Rockenhausen. Hier wurden metergroße Klüfte geöffnet
Book (volume)
1809. | Lenz. Erkenntnisslelire der anorgischen Natur Korper, von Dr J. G. Lenz. HofTinanti. Lenz. Giessen...Sinter. 1. Common Siliceous Sin- 1. Amethyst. a. Common Amethyst, 143 h. Thick Fibrous Ame¬ thyst, -...Hyacinth of the ancients appears to have been either amethyst or sapphire. The name hyacinth, is derived from...Oriental topaz. d. Violet-blue sapphire. Oriental amethyst. e. Pearl-grey or bluish-grey sapphire. Vermcxlle...concretions occur most frequently in the garnet of Green land. £ The transparent varieties are often impure in
Journal (issue)
2005 President’s Message October 2005 by Norman Lenz HGMS President 2004–2005 ellow HGMS Members, For.......................................... 11 Norm Lenz Presents .........................................for consideration. The Committee consists of Susan Lenz, Rick Rexroad, Phyllis George, Charlie Fredregill...Members how disappointed Delbert and I (Love of Land Images) were in not being able to be dealers in...permission to collect the Ash Grove (former NT quarry) bare. He wants to have the largest dino dig-type
Journal (issue)
...................................... 25 Susan Lenz Update ...........................................area of New York, USA. Austria, Switzerland, and Germany have produced many fine specimens. There are hundreds...hundreds of localities worldwide. Amethyst is lavender to purple in color and frequently is a deeper color...predominant form. Amethyst scepters capping rock crystals or smoky quartz Quartz var. Amethyst crystals are...California, USA Denise Bicknell collection localities. Amethyst is often found Notice how the coloration deepens
Book (volume)
Steffens, b. i. s. 422. Id. Hoff. b. i. s. 296. Id. Lenz, b. i. s . 486 .-- Opalisirender Feldspath, Oken...gneiss rocks of Norway, Swit zerland , France, and Germany. The largest and most beautiful crystals are found...Steffens, b. i. s . 441. Id . Hoff b. ii. s. 328. Id . Lenz, b. ii. 8. 502. Id . Oken, b. i. s. 375. Id. Haus...Steffens, b. i. s. 478. Id . Hoff. b. ii. s. 369. Id, Lenz, b. i. s . 515. External Characters. Its colour...Steffens, b. i. s. 436. Id. Hoff. b. ii. s. 309. Id . Lenz, b. i. s. 494. Id. Oken, b. i. s. 374. Id . Haus
Journal (issue)
Collection (left to right): Topaz from Dassu, Pakistan; Amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico; Gold from California; Pyromorphite...Norway 21 Silver, Germany 22 Silver, Norway 23 Silver, Kazakhstan 24 Bismuth, Germany 24 Copper, Michigan...Stibnite, China 30 Frankeite, Bolivia 31 Galena, Germany 31 Sperrylite, Russia 32 Sperrylite, Russia 32... Mexico 42 Manganotantalite, Afghanistan 40 Amethyst, Maine 43 Quartz, Arkansas 43 Quartz, Brazil 44...21 ♦ S il v e r wires from Freiberg, Saxony, Germany; 6.5 inches. ♦ 22 ♦ S il v e r wires with calcite
Journal (issue)
....................................... 8 Susan Lenz Update ...........................................you, U.S. Government. D Susan Lenz Update February 21, 2007 by Norm Lenz ear HGMS Friends, Susan’s last...Wednesday, April 18: The 3M quarry, Sweet Home Pulaski County, Arkansas. This quarry, located near Little Rock...announced that Section members will be cutting the Lenz cut pattern from quartz and will display the results...the Faceting Section will be cutting stones in the Lenz cut. The stones will be displayed in a non-competition
Book (volume)
laminaire, Haiy, Tabl. p. 20.-- Blät triches Steinsalz, Lenz. b. ii. s. 975. Id . Hoff. b. iii. s. 223. Haus...conjointe, Haüy, Tabl. p. 20.- Fasriges Steinsalz, Lenz, b . ii. s. 979. Id. Haus. Handb. b. ii. s. 844...Droitwich in Worcestershire. In the north of Germany, rocks of the salt formation and salt springs occur...farthest limit of the salt -beds on that side of Germany. OR. 1. Fos. SALTS.) $ P . 1. HEXAHEDRAL ROCK...so hard as to snap the pick -axes made use of in quarry . ing it . * Pennant's Outlines of the Globe,
Journal (issue)
Outgoing President’s Message December, 2005 by Norman Lenz HGMS President, 2004-2005 ellow HGMS Members, ...Quartz, recotrite, and cookite from the Jeffrey quarry near Little Rock Arkansas. Arkansas Geological...microscopic quartz crystals Group Jones Mill quarry, M.C. Jones Mill quarry, M.C. Anatase deep blue crystals on...quartz leucoxene, minute white crystals Jones Mill quarry, M.C. Brookite deposits, Magnet Cove Ankerite discoids...white turn brown discoids, brown, small Jeffrey quarry, Pulaski Co. Antimony mines, Sevier County Aragonite
Journal (issue)
....................................... 9 Susan Lenz Update ........................................... Unknown O &URZ¶V$UHD Saline Lumber company land Yellow to orange, no matrix, fluorescent, planerite...degrees F), quartz commonly occurs, as in our huge amethyst geode. When the temperature is between 500 and...substantial quantities were found in the Wagholi quarry. The quarry mines a 30-foot thick layer of hard, black...of how to keep the workers working on what the quarry wants worked on. Mineral collectors, on the other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur. The last type is the principal host of gem amethyst. Following these lava flows, a great number of...economic gemstone deposits in the Paraná Basin: (1) amethyst and agate geodes associated with basaltic flows...the pieces. Amethyst is a transparent purple to violet form of quartz. Both agate and amethyst occur in...associated in the same flow. In Brazil, the main amethyst exploration zone is located in a 50-m-thick flow...axes of decimeter to meter sizes; the origin of amethyst is inter­ preted to be the result of hydrothermal
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg. W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim. Switzerland Jeffrey A...major chemical industries in the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland. Potash was discovered in northeast... v .l5 /# 5 Jacupiranga m ine (Brazil), Jensen quarry (CA ), C unha Baixa m ine, Paulkerrite $10 v ...3 /# l D ohrm ann Gold collec­ tion, G illette quarry (CT), Spanish fluorite $12 v .23/#2 M ichigan...$10 v.25/#3 Jacupiranga m ine (Brazil), B ennett quarry (M E), R ose m ine (N M ), Prospect Intrusion $10
Journal (issue)
her studies in Budapest, Hungary and in Hagen, Germany approximately seven years ago, and she moved to...at the University of Houston and at schools in Germany and Italy. I Agates Are HOT by Art Smith Member...and Rainer Bode published by Bode in Haltern, Germany. It is telephone book-size with 656 pages and an...Secretary Margaret Hardman-Muye Past President Norm Lenz The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM Approval...money. It is possible that Wayne Barnett or Norm Lenz has it, but Norm currently is out of town. ¾ Harrison
Journal (issue)
continue to produce for some years. Since 1970 the amethyst deposits in the remote Las Vigas area have produced...unmentionable, and when the marines were available to land and take the situation in hand. But Teddy Roosevelt...mining, and nowhere was the natural contour of the land exposed or preserved. Although Silliman was generally...prisms, reminiscent of specimens from Freiberg, Germany. These crystals are usually small (under 1 cm)...quality only by the very best from St. Andreasberg, Germany and Huancavelica Department in Peru. The polybasites
Journal (issue)
...................................... 20 Susan Lenz Update ...........................................lives of the nomadic peoples who once roamed this land in much greater detail." This exhibition’s tour...really excited whenever one turns out to have amethyst crystals, and I imagine lots of folks can hear...Naturally, other customers are also interested in the amethyst variety of quartz, and I have sold a number of...parents and an older brother. As I took back a small amethyst geode from her mother, she looked up at me with
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...Burchard Schlossstr. 6 D-85354 Haindlfing, Freising Germany email: ulrich. burchard@t-online.de After nearly...Frankenheim (1801-1869), a physicist from Breslau, Germany. Frankenheim extensively studied the hardnesses...group are found associated with the carbonates. A quarry at Vsechlapy near Teplice, about 20 km north of...columnar aragonite. Another good locality is a quarry at Stribrnik Hill near Merunice, 3 km north of
Journal (issue)
from page 1 March 23—Former HGMS President Norman Lenz will provide a fascinating program on “Gemstone...should prove to be an interesting program. Susan Lenz plans to come with Norman, so this will be a welcome...mostly supported by the oil royalties from state land in the Panhandle.) Uniforms were furnished by the...International Airport, after first refusing permission to land, granted the plane landing rights. Iraqi officials...pop! The Rockhound’s WonderLand will never stop! Amethyst owls signal the night; Sleep will come without
Journal (issue)
2005 President’s Message April, 2005 by Norman Lenz HGMS President, 2004-2005 ellow HGMS Club Members...like zoisite to turn purple and be tanzanite. Amethyst when heated becomes yellow and is called citrine...carbide from Niagara Falls, bismuth crystals from Germany, zincite crystals from Poland, Some Italian sulfur...receive a digital copy by e-mailing either Norm Lenz (lenz@houston.rr.com) or me (ssingle@airmail.net)....serious roof leak there, but another angel, Norm Lenz, got the roof fixed. Then, too, it would have taken
Book
Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by...Wurzburg, West-Germany Colour separations by Litho Thungen GmbH, Thungen, West-Germany H. Bari, Musee...Printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Freising, West-Germany 6 Gasull, Museo de Geologia, Barcelona 249; V
Journal (issue)
POLLINATORS 26 By Anita B. Stone and B. Burns, PhD 62 AMETHYST: A PURPLE POWERHOUSE 42 ASK A PETROLOGIST By...you find this issue as inspiring as I do! From amethyst (one of my favorites) to agatized corals, I’m...Micro-Mounts ✔ Pegmatite Minerals of all Kinds ✔ Pegmatite Quarry Mineral Lists Call or Write: Mary Groves 34 Groves...during the Cretaceous Period. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which administers this particular...shape. These red agate types are more common on dry land than in the bay. For many years since its discovery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the genesis of prase (green-coloured quartz) and amethyst from Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece). The stable...8, 556. [CrossRef] Bui Thi Sinh, V.; Osanai, Y.; Lenz, C.; Nakano, N.; Adachi, T.; Belousova, E.; Kitano...Color and Genesis of Prase (Green Quartz) and Amethyst from the Island of Serifos, Cyclades, Greece.
Journal (issue)
Bolanlk, 8. 8.-19. 8. 83 Süddeulsches Schlchlstulen­ land (Trias), Geologie, 15. 8.-20. 8. 83 San Francisco...7300 E.sshngen. Tel 0711·312023 [ Bergkristall. Amethyst. Nußgeoden. Uhrplatten, großen und kleinen Achatscheiben...Trommelsteine: Splitter und rund polterle, Achat, Amethyst, Grünquarz. Rosenquarz, Zitrin. Tiger• auge. Achal...Zoisit. Rohsteine: Geschliffene Edelsteine_: Opal, Amethyst, Tur• malin. Aquamarin, Rauchquarz, Citrin, lmper... Strontianit, Kupfer und Malachit. Calcit auf Amethyst, Topas, Desmin, Ortho­ klas und Rauchquarz. Rhodochro­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Institute of Mineralogy, University of Münster, Germany. For analytical conditions see Voudouris et al...above localities and/or host rocks—deep violet amethyst occurs in orthogneisses at Drama area [34]. Albite...silica varieties most of them in gem-quality. Amethyst and chalcedony occur at Kornofolia/Evros area...Smoky quartz, black quartz (morion), rock crystal, amethyst, chloritized quartz and rutilated quartz are among...Kimmeria/Xanthi and Kresti/Drama. Combinations of amethyst and green quartz (prase) forming sceptre growths
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
so-called oxide of cerium, and also the rose or amethyst tinge of some salts of yttria. The perfectly pure...O S + S a q . The soda salt has been described ~ Lenz (videthelast Report). Salts may al,~obe formed with...s~ilar to the first of these has been described by Lenz, it dissolves in excess of ~Ta S_2 and gives 3 Na
Journal (issue)
...................................... 25 Susan Lenz Update ...........................................Conservation & Legislation Chair, regarding the American Land Rights Association and their Web site—http://www...every citizen from digging anything on any public land. Legislation is pending that would do just that...displays are there including fossils of various land and marine animals (of course!) and fish, petrified...elected officials, government regulators, and public land managers.) ¾ The AFMS Endowment Fund (established
 
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